Author: packerland

Well the Christmas holidays are past now, and we’re on to the new year! 2018! What an exciting year for us at Interlacements Yarns, on the personal side, Jim is retiring from his job in April , and thus will be on the road with me for shows more! Also, we are expecting another grandchild in June!

On the business side of things, we are starting up a Yarn Club which I believe will be a lot of fun for the members. I’ve always wanted to share a few of my favorite things and new colorways I am creating with members first so here is the chance. I went on a buying spree and purchased some silk and wool yarns, and other luxury fibers to add to the mix up. Sheryl Theis has graciously designed a few new patterns for us to give you in your boxes and we are pretty excited about that. I’ve also added more types of spinning fibers to the new line up, will start photographing them next week. And weaving warp chains will get their own pictures too. I’m so grateful to my shops, customers and friends for all the support and love. Please keep sending your finished garments pictures to me so I can add to the gallery. We love seeing them!

Happy New Years and may your knitting basket always be full and full of fun yarns!

The Holiday Season is upon us! I’ve been knitting up some colorwork hats for the little ones at our Christmas eve celebration. I wanted to challenge myself to something I’ve never done before in my knitting, and colorwork seemed to be the ideal thing.

Today is also Free shipping Friday and I’m a bit slow to the gate, but we also are offering FREE Shipping to your order today, with no limits, as long as it is placed on the website.
We do have to limit this to the cont. usa tho. Sorry international customers, I have to make it make sense.

Whether you are Knitting, Spinning, or other fiber arts crafting we hope you have a very wonderful holiday season and we thank you all for the great year! Merry Christmas!
Jim and Tracey Schuh Interlacements Yarns

Montana retreat was a blast! I’ve never taken a formal spinning or fiber class before so it was my first time as a student. I LOVED it! The retreat was a Yarn and Yoga, put on by Kate Larson. It was held at the Boulder Hot Springs resort in Boulder Montana. I flew out of Green Bay to switch planes in Minneapolis and then Minneapolis to Helena. I packed light for the trip as all I needed was yoga clothing and swim suit and my spinning wheel. The hotel is fantastic, old world charm and great healing vibes. We had access to the outdoor hot spings swimming pool and the indoor plunge and cold water plunge. WOW !!! I found out how I can turn into total mush after a massage session. Oh yea, there are massage therapists on staff and my mother treated me to an hour and a half massage! Thank you Mom!!

The food was great, healthy, organic and wonderfully tasty. I wore slippers all day long and totally got relaxed in the hot springs. Our wonderful Yoga instructor Kelly really did her research on what muscles we needed to work and relax and made the class so nice to be in.

Needless to say, I learned a lot from Kate on spinning the different fibers and why and how to . Each student also created a journal of their spinning fibers with personalized notes and pictures.

I made some new friends at the retreat, and will enjoy seeing how they grow in their spinning also.

What a wonderful way to start off the fall time.

Got home just in time to pack up and head for North Carolina . We do a fiber show there called SAFF. I LOVE this show. My customers come in year after year to show me what project they made with my yarns and I love seeing them.

Jim had a good time giving out trick or treat candy to the kids and beaded bracelet kits to the adults. This year we rented a house with friends and enjoyed that too.

Now it’s back to work for me, no more shows until February. I’ve been dyeing up all sorts of yarns and making warp chains and socks. I’ll post them in a bit.

We have our kids coming home for Turkey day so I’m getting ready for that too. My little B. likes to get into MiMi’s spinning stuff and knitting so I’ll put it up outta reach and save me the worrry (and him the temptation) and as my daughter once said, “Happy Birthday Turkey!”